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Westbrook AW, Ren X, Moo-Young M, Chou CP. Application of hydrocarbon and perfluorocarbon oxygen vectors to enhance heterologous production of hyaluronic acid in engineeredBacillus subtilis. Biotechnol Bioeng 2018; 115:1239-1252. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.26551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Adam W. Westbrook
- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo Ontario Canada
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Lakshminrusimha S, Mathew B, Nair J, Gugino SF, Koenigsknecht C, Rawat M, Nielsen L, Swartz DD. Tracheal suctioning improves gas exchange but not hemodynamics in asphyxiated lambs with meconium aspiration. Pediatr Res 2015; 77:347-55. [PMID: 25406897 PMCID: PMC4297526 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Current neonatal resuscitation guidelines recommend tracheal suctioning of nonvigorous neonates born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid. METHODS We evaluated the effect of tracheal suctioning at birth in 29 lambs with asphyxia induced by cord occlusion and meconium aspiration during gasping. RESULTS Tracheal suctioning at birth (n = 15) decreased amount of meconium in distal airways (53 ± 29 particles/mm(2) lung area) compared to no suction (499 ± 109 particles/mm(2); n = 14; P < 0.001). Three lambs in the suction group had cardiac arrest during suctioning, requiring chest compressions and epinephrine. Onset of ventilation was delayed in the suction group (146 ± 11 vs. 47 ± 3 s in no-suction group; P = 0.005). There was no difference in pulmonary blood flow, carotid blood flow, and pulmonary or systemic blood pressure between the two groups. Left atrial pressure was significantly higher in the suction group. Tracheal suctioning resulted in higher Pao2/FiO2 levels (122 ± 21 vs. 78 ± 10 mm Hg) and ventilator efficiency index (0.3 ± 0.05 vs.0.16 ± 0.03). Two lambs in the no-suction group required inhaled nitric oxide. Lung 3-nitrotyrosine levels were higher in the suction group (0.65 ± 0.03 ng/µg protein) compared with the no-suction group (0.47 ± 0.06). CONCLUSION Tracheal suctioning improves oxygenation and ventilation. Suctioning does not improve pulmonary/systemic hemodynamics or oxidative stress in an ovine model of acute meconium aspiration with asphyxia.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA,Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA,Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA
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Goikoetxea E, Murgia X, Serna-Grande P, Valls-i-Soler A, Rey-Santano C, Rivas A, Antón R, Basterretxea FJ, Miñambres L, Méndez E, Lopez-Arraiza A, Larrabe-Barrena JL, Gomez-Solaetxe MA. In vitro surfactant and perfluorocarbon aerosol deposition in a neonatal physical model of the upper conducting airways. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106835. [PMID: 25211475 PMCID: PMC4161382 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Aerosol delivery holds potential to release surfactant or perfluorocarbon (PFC) to the lungs of neonates with respiratory distress syndrome with minimal airway manipulation. Nevertheless, lung deposition in neonates tends to be very low due to extremely low lung volumes, narrow airways and high respiratory rates. In the present study, the feasibility of enhancing lung deposition by intracorporeal delivery of aerosols was investigated using a physical model of neonatal conducting airways. METHODS The main characteristics of the surfactant and PFC aerosols produced by a nebulization system, including the distal air pressure and air flow rate, liquid flow rate and mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD), were measured at different driving pressures (4-7 bar). Then, a three-dimensional model of the upper conducting airways of a neonate was manufactured by rapid prototyping and a deposition study was conducted. RESULTS The nebulization system produced relatively large amounts of aerosol ranging between 0.3±0.0 ml/min for surfactant at a driving pressure of 4 bar, and 2.0±0.1 ml/min for distilled water (H2Od) at 6 bar, with MMADs between 2.61±0.1 µm for PFD at 7 bar and 10.18±0.4 µm for FC-75 at 6 bar. The deposition study showed that for surfactant and H2Od aerosols, the highest percentage of the aerosolized mass (∼65%) was collected beyond the third generation of branching in the airway model. The use of this delivery system in combination with continuous positive airway pressure set at 5 cmH2O only increased total airway pressure by 1.59 cmH2O at the highest driving pressure (7 bar). CONCLUSION This aerosol generating system has the potential to deliver relatively large amounts of surfactant and PFC beyond the third generation of branching in a neonatal airway model with minimal alteration of pre-set respiratory support.
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- Estibalitz Goikoetxea
- Research Unit for Experimental Neonatal Respiratory Physiology, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
- Thermal and Fluids Engineering Division, Mechanical Engineering Department, TECNUN, University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Research Unit for Experimental Neonatal Respiratory Physiology, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Research Unit for Experimental Neonatal Respiratory Physiology, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Research Unit for Experimental Neonatal Respiratory Physiology, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Thermal and Fluids Engineering Division, Mechanical Engineering Department, TECNUN, University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Thermal and Fluids Engineering Division, Mechanical Engineering Department, TECNUN, University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Electronics and Electrotechnics, High Technical School of Maritime Studies, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Electronics and Electrotechnics, High Technical School of Maritime Studies, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Electronics and Electrotechnics, High Technical School of Maritime Studies, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
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Perfluorochemical liquid-adenovirus suspensions enhance gene delivery to the distal lung. Pulm Med 2011; 2011:918036. [PMID: 21876799 PMCID: PMC3159382 DOI: 10.1155/2011/918036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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WE COMPARED LUNG DELIVERY METHODS OF RECOMBINANT ADENOVIRUS (RAD): (1) rAd suspended in saline, (2) rAd suspended in saline followed by a pulse-chase of a perfluorochemical (PFC) liquid mixture, and (3) a PFC-rAd suspension. Cell uptake, distribution, and temporal expression of rAd were examined using A549 cells, a murine model using luciferase bioluminescence, and histological analyses. Relative to saline, a 4X increase in transduction efficiency was observed in A549 cells exposed to PFC-rAd for 2-4 h. rAd transgene expression was improved in alveolar epithelial cells, and the level and distribution of luciferase expression when delivered in PFC-rAd suspensions consistently peaked at 24 h. These results demonstrate that PFC-rAd suspensions improve distribution and enhance rAd-mediated gene expression which has important implications in improving lung function by gene therapy.
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Yang CF, Jeng MJ, Soong WJ, Lee YS, Tsao PC, Tang RB. Acute pathophysiological effects of intratracheal instillation of budesonide and exogenous surfactant in a neonatal surfactant-depleted piglet model. Pediatr Neonatol 2010; 51:219-226. [PMID: 20713286 DOI: 10.1016/s1875-9572(10)60042-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2009] [Revised: 10/28/2009] [Accepted: 11/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic lung disease continues to be a major complication in premature infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). This is despite having advanced ventilatory care, prenatal corticosteroids, and postnatal surfactant therapies. The combined use of intratracheal corticosteroids and surfactant may not only recruit the lungs, but also alleviate pulmonary inflammation in severe RDS. METHODS Fifteen newborn piglets received repeated pulmonary saline lavage to induce surfactant-depleted lungs, mimicking neonatal RDS. They were randomly divided into three groups: control group receiving no treatment; surfactant (Surf) group, treated with standard intratracheally instilled surfactant (100 mg/kg); and Budesonide plus surfactant (Bude + Surf) group, treated with intratracheally administered mixed suspension of budesonide (0.5 mg/kg) and surfactant (100 mg/kg). Blood samples were taken every 30 minutes for 4 hours. Lung tissue was examined after the experiment. RESULTS Significantly better oxygenation with higher PaO(2) and alveolar-arterial oxygen difference was noted in the Surf and Bude + Surf groups, compared with the control group (p < 0.05), but there were no significant differences between the Surf and Bude + Surf groups. Pulmonary histologic damage was also markedly alleviated in both the Surf and Bude + Surf groups, compared with the control group, and lung injury scores were significantly decreased in the Surf and Bude + Surf groups, compared with the control group (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Intratracheal instillation of surfactant or surfactant plus budesonide can improve oxygenation and pulmonary histologic outcome in neonatal surfactant-depleted lungs. The additional use of budesonide does not disturb the function of the exogenous surfactant. Intratracheal administration of a corticosteroid combined with surfactant may be an effective method for alleviating local pulmonary inflammation in severe RDS.
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- Chia-Feng Yang
- Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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LeSuer RJ, Geiger WE. Approaches to analytical and synthetic electrochemistry in fluorous solvent-containing media. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2006.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Brunelli L, Hamilton E, Davis JM, Koo HC, Joseph A, Kazzaz JA, Wolfson MR, Shaffer TH. Perfluorochemical liquids enhance delivery of superoxide dismutase to the lungs of juvenile rabbits. Pediatr Res 2006; 60:65-70. [PMID: 16690961 DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000219392.73509.70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Previous studies suggest acute lung injury (ALI) in premature newborns is associated with relative deficiency of antioxidant enzymes that may be ameliorated by recombinant human superoxide dismutase (rhSOD). Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) are distributed homogeneously and support gas exchange in diseased lungs. We investigated whether PFCs could provide an effective delivery system for rhSOD. Juvenile rabbits were lung-lavaged, treated with surfactant, and randomized: group I: fluorescently labeled rhSOD (5 mg/kg in 2 mL/kg saline); group II: fluorescently labeled rhSOD (5 mg/kg in 18 mL/kg PFC). Animals were ventilated with oxygen for 4 h; the lungs were harvested for analysis of SOD distribution and oxidative injury. Cardiopulmonary indices remained stable and similar between groups. Qualitative assessment (QA) showed a more homogeneous lung SOD distribution in group II and a better histologic profile. QA of lung SOD distribution showed significant increase in SOD concentrations in group II (7.37 +/- 1.54 microg/mg protein) compared with group I (1.65 +/- 0.23 microg/mg protein). Oxidative injury as assessed by normalized protein carbonyl was 149.1 +/- 26.8% SEM in group II compared with 200.5 +/- 7.3% SEM in group I. Plasma SOD was significantly higher in group II. Administration of rhSOD with or without PFCs does not compromise cardiovascular function or impede lung recovery after ALI. PFCs enhance rhSOD delivery to the lungs by 400% while decreasing lung oxidative damage by 25% compared with rhSOD alone. These data suggest that PFCs optimize lung rhSOD delivery and might enhance the beneficial effects of rhSOD in preventing acute and chronic lung injury.
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- Luca Brunelli
- Division of Neonatology , Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Jeng MJ, Soong WJ, Lee YS, Chang HL, Shen CM, Wang CH, Yang SS, Hwang B. Effects of therapeutic bronchoalveolar lavage and partial liquid ventilation on meconium-aspirated newborn piglets. Crit Care Med 2006; 34:1099-105. [PMID: 16484898 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000205662.60832.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the therapeutic effects of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) with either diluted surfactant (SBAL) or perfluorochemical liquid (PBAL), followed by either conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) or partial liquid ventilation (PLV), on lung injury and proinflammatory cytokine production induced by meconium aspiration in newborn piglets. DESIGN A prospective, randomized, experimental study. SETTING An animal research laboratory at a medical center. SUBJECTS Anesthetized and mechanically ventilated newborn piglets (n = 27). INTERVENTIONS The animals were instilled with 3-5 mL/kg 25% human meconium via an endotracheal tube to induce meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). After stabilization, animals were randomly assigned to either CMV group (no BAL) or one of the treatment groups (SBAL-CMV, SBAL-PLV, PBAL-CMV, and PBAL-PLV). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Cardiopulmonary variables were monitored, and interleukin-1beta and interleukin-6 content of the serum and lung tissue was measured. The animals without any treatment (CMV group) displayed the worst outcome; the animals in the PBAL-PLV group had the best gas exchange, lung compliance, and least pulmonary damage; and the SBAL-CMV, PBAL-CMV, and SBAL-PLV groups had intermediate effects. The serum interleukin-1beta concentration of the CMV group was significantly higher than all other groups over time (p < .05), and interleukin-6 concentration was significantly higher than the PBAL-PLV group (p < .05). The tissue interleukin-1beta and interleukin-6 contents were also highest in the CMV group and lowest in the PBAL-PLV group. CONCLUSIONS Initial therapeutic BAL and therapeutic BAL followed by PLV with the same perfluorochemical liquid provided significant therapeutic effects in treating an animal model with severe MAS and therefore warrant consideration in cases that are intractable to other therapies.
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- Mei-Jy Jeng
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei Taiwan.
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Miller TL, Singhaus CJ, Sherman TI, Greenspan JS, Shaffer TH. Physiologic implications of helium as a carrier gas for inhaled nitric oxide in a neonatal model of Bethanecol-induced bronchoconstriction. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2006; 7:159-64. [PMID: 16531948 DOI: 10.1097/01.pcc.0000200942.23574.ca] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare heliox to nitrogen-oxygen (nitrox) as a carrier gas for inducible nitric oxide (iNO) in the presence of pharmacologically inhaled bronchoconstriction. We hypothesized that respiratory resistance and gas exchange would improve when iNO is delivered with heliox. DESIGN Interventional laboratory study. SETTING An academic medical research facility in the northeastern United States. SUBJECTS Sedated, ventilated newborn piglets. INTERVENTIONS Newborn piglets (n = 16; 2.3 +/- 0.1 kg) were placed on a flow-controlled ventilator and given intravenous Bethanecol (2 x 1 mg/kg followed by 1 mg/kg/hr) to induce bronchoconstriction. Piglets were randomized to heliox or nitrox (Fio2 = 0.3) and given 80 ppm iNO. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Hemodynamics, blood chemistry, and pulmonary mechanics were recorded at 30-min intervals for 2 hrs. Bethanecol dosing increased inspiratory respiratory resistance (cm H2O/L/min; p < .01) and decreased respiratory compliance (mL/cm H2O/kg; p < .01). Following carrier gas assignment, hemodynamics and respiratory compliance were similar between groups and respiratory resistance decreased (p < .01) in the heliox group. Over 2 hrs with iNO therapy, Paco2 increased (p < .01) whereas blood pH decreased (p < .01) in the heliox group. Respiratory resistance trended downward, oxygenation index improved (p < .01), and blood methemoglobin levels trended higher for nitrox compared with heliox. CONCLUSIONS The INOvent was effective for controlling heliox delivery of iNO. Despite marked reduction in respiratory resistance with heliox gas ventilation in a neonatal model of pharmacologic bronchoconstriction, nitrox might perform better as a delivery vehicle for iNO.
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- Thomas L Miller
- Nemours Research Lung Center, Nemours Children's Clinic-Wilmington of the Nemours Foundation, Alfred I. duPont Children's Hospital, Wilmington, DE, USA
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Miller TL, Touch SM, Shaffer TH. Matrix metalloproteinase and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase expression profiles in tracheal aspirates do not adequately reflect tracheal or lung tissue profiles in neonatal respiratory distress: observations from an animal model. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2006; 7:63-9. [PMID: 16395077 DOI: 10.1097/01.pcc.0000192320.87416.1a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)/tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP) expression in tracheal aspirates (TA) is commonly assayed to represent the protein profile in the lung. This study tests the hypothesis that the profile of MMPs 2, 7, and 9 and the profile of TIMPs 1 and 2 will be different in TA, tracheal tissue, and lung tissue in neonatal respiratory distress. DESIGN Interventional laboratory study. SETTING An academic medical research facility in northeastern United States. SUBJECTS Oleic acid-injured, spontaneously breathing newborn piglets. INTERVENTIONS Ten piglets (3-4 days old, 2.4 +/- 0.4 kg) were instrumented, injured by intravenous administration of oleic acid, and supported on continuous positive airway pressure of 2-5 cm H2O, with or without exogenous surfactant, depending on physiologic requirements. MEASUREMENT AND MAIN RESULTS After 6 hrs, TA, trachea, and lung were obtained for MMP/TIMP analysis by substrate zymography/reverse zymography. TA contained less active (p < .01) and more latent (p < .05) MMP-2 than trachea and lung, and the active/latent ratio was less in TA than in both tissues (p < .01). TA and trachea contained more total (p < .05) and active (p < .01) MMP-9 than did the lung; TA contained more active MMP-9 than trachea (p < .01). MMP-7 was greater in all forms relative to total protein (p < .01) from both tissues compared with TA. Trachea contained more latent MMP-7 than lung (p < .01). TIMP-1 was different across protein sources (p < .01) where TA < trachea < lung. The active MMP-2/TIMP-2 ratio was lower in TA than in lung (p < .01); the MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratio had a significant trend (p < .01) where TA > trachea > lung. CONCLUSIONS The MMP/TIMP profiles in TA do not adequately represent the profiles in either trachea or lung. Thus, MMP/TIMP profiles from TA are limited and should be interpreted for trends rather than actual tissue levels.
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- Thomas L Miller
- Nemours Research Lung Center, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA
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Miller TL, Shashikant BN, Melby JM, Pilon AL, Shaffer TH, Wolfson MR. Recombinant human Clara cell secretory protein in acute lung injury of the rabbit: effect of route of administration. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2005; 6:698-706. [PMID: 16276338 DOI: 10.1097/01.pcc.0000165565.96773.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that intratracheal instillation of Clara cell secretory protein (CC 10) to the lung may afford greater protection than intravenous administration from ventilator-induced lung inflammation. DESIGN Interventional laboratory study. SETTING An academic medical research facility in northeastern United States. SUBJECTS Sedated, lavage-injured juvenile rabbits. INTERVENTIONS A total of 18 juvenile rabbits were anesthetized, ventilated, injured with saline lavage (Pao2 of <100 mm Hg; respiratory compliance of <0.50 mL.cm H2O.kg and <50% baseline), and randomized to receive intratracheally administered surfactant plus no recombinant human CC 10 (rhCC 10, control), intravenous rhCC 10, or intratracheal rhCC 10. MEASUREMENT AND MAIN RESULTS Arterial blood chemistry and pulmonary mechanics were monitored; plasma and urine were collected serially. After 4 hrs of ventilation, lungs were lavaged and harvested. Surfactant function was analyzed from bronchoalveolar lavage samples (surfactometry); rhCC 10, interleukin-8, and lung myeloperoxidase concentrations were measured. Pao2, oxygenation index, ventilatory efficiency index, and respiratory compliance were not different across time or group beyond injury. Surfactometry data identified no differences as a function of group or time. Plasma, bronchoalveolar lavage, and lung interleukin-8 concentrations, lung myeloperoxidase concentrations, and inflammatory cell counts in the alveolar and interstitial spaces of intravenous and intratracheal groups were lower than in the control group (p < .05) but not statistically different from each other. Concentrations of rhCC 10 in lung, bronchoalveolar lavage, and plasma were greater in the intratracheal group than in the intravenous group (p<.05). Urine rhCC 10 concentrations were greater for the intravenous group than for the intratracheal group (p<.05) at 1, 3, and 4 hrs after treatment. No group differences in histomorphometry were noted. CONCLUSIONS Both intravenous and intratracheal rhCC 10 delivery, after surfactant therapy, effectively decrease lung inflammation vs. surfactant alone. While supporting the physiologic profile, intratracheal instillation results in greater, maintained lung and plasma rhCC 10 pools compared with intravenous administration. As such, intratracheal instillation of rhCC 10 may afford more prolonged protection against lung inflammation than intravenous administration.
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- Thomas L Miller
- Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Shashikant BN, Miller TL, Jeng MJ, Davis J, Shaffer TH, Wolfson MR. Differential impact of perfluorochemical physical properties on the physiologic, histologic, and inflammatory profile in acute lung injury. Crit Care Med 2005; 33:1096-103. [PMID: 15891342 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000163218.79770.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the differential effects of physical properties of combinational perfluorochemical liquids (PFC) during partial liquid ventilation (PLV) on inflammatory indexes in the injured lung. DESIGN : Interventional laboratory study. SETTING Academic medical research laboratory. SUBJECTS Seventeen saline lavage-injured juvenile rabbits. INTERVENTIONS Rabbits were anesthetized, ventilated, saline lavage-injured, and randomized into groups: group 1 (conventional mechanical ventilation alone-no PFC), group 2 (PLV: lowest viscosity, highest vapor pressure), group 3 (PLV: mid-viscosity, mid-vapor pressure), group 4 (PLV: highest viscosity, lowest vapor pressure). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Arterial blood chemistry and pulmonary mechanics were monitored throughout the protocol. Following 4 hrs, lung tissue was harvested for interleukin-8, myeloperoxidase, and histologic analyses. Oxygenation (Pao2), ventilation (ventilation efficiency index), and respiratory compliance were not significantly different between groups before or following injury. Pao2 increased significantly following treatment in groups 3 and 4. Oxygenation index was significantly lower and respiratory compliance and ventilation efficiency index were significantly higher for group 4 following 4 hrs than all other groups. Total lung tissue interleukin-8 was significantly lower in groups 3 and 4 than groups 1 and 2, and lung myeloperoxidase was significantly lower in all PLV-treated groups than CMV alone. Histologic examination showed increased recruitment of the dependent lung in groups 3 and 4, with significantly greater lung expansion index, than groups 1 and 2. CONCLUSIONS PLV, with a single dose of higher viscosity and lower vapor pressure PFC, resulted in significantly improved gas exchange and lung mechanics with significant reduction in lung inflammation compared with conventional mechanical ventilation alone and PLV with lower viscosity and higher vapor pressure liquid. Since PFC evaporative loss and redistribution are minimized by lower VP and higher viscosity, these data suggest that greater mechanoprotection and cytoprotection of the lung are conferred during PLV with PFC liquids that remain distributed throughout the entire lung for a longer duration.
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- Beth N Shashikant
- Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Miller TL, Blackson TJ, Shaffer TH, Touch SM. Tracheal gas insufflation-augmented continuous positive airway pressure in a spontaneously breathing model of neonatal respiratory distress. Pediatr Pulmonol 2004; 38:386-95. [PMID: 15390348 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in neonates is characterized by labored breathing and poor gas exchange, often requiring ventilatory support. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a preferred intervention to support spontaneous ventilatory efforts by sustaining lung volume recruitment, while it prevents derecruitment during exhalation by maintaining end-expiratory pressure. However, CO2 retention during CPAP often results in the need for mechanical ventilation. Since tracheal gas insufflation (TGI) promotes CO2 elimination by reducing prosthetic dead space, we hypothesized that TGI used with CPAP may reduce the need for more invasive therapies. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physiologic effect of TGI with CPAP in a spontaneously breathing model of acute lung injury with respect to gas exchange and pulmonary mechanics. Nineteen spontaneously breathing neonatal pigs (2.4 +/- 0.4 kg) were anesthetized, sedated, instrumented, and placed on CPAP at 5 cmH2O. All piglets were injured with intravenous oleic acid (0.08 ml/kg), and then randomized to receive CPAP with TGI (TGI; n = 9) or CPAP alone (control; n = 10). FiO2 was titrated at 0.05 every 15 min during the protocol to maintain SaO2 > 93%. Vital signs, arterial blood gases, pulmonary mechanics, and thoracoabdominal motion (TAM) were evaluated 30 min after injury and at 1-hr intervals for 4 hr. Following the 4-hr measurement, the piglets were sacrificed and the lungs were grossly examined. After initiation of treatment, we found that the PaCO2 was lower (33.1 +/- 5.0 vs. 47.0 +/- 10.3 mmHg; P < 0.01), while the oxygenation indices were greater (PaO2, SaO2, a/A ratio; P < 0.01) in the TGI group than with control animals. Subsequently, the pH was greater (7.45 +/- 0.08 vs. 7.36 +/- 0.08; P < 0.01) and closer to baseline values with TGI. By 4 hr, the FiO2 was titrated lower (0.37 +/- 0.06 vs. 0.49 +/- 0.15; P < 0.05) and ventilation was accomplished with a lower minute ventilation (MV) in the TGI group than in the control group (445 +/- 113 vs. 581 +/- 223 ml/kg/min; P < 0.01). Respiratory compliance was greater with TGI than control (0.76 +/- 0.13 vs. 0.63 +/- 0.11 ml/cmH2O/kg; P < 0.01), whereas resistance and TAM were similar between groups. We conclude that the use of TGI with CPAP in the treatment of RDS results in improved gas exchange and pulmonary mechanics. As such, TGI-augmented CPAP may prevent infants from requiring more invasive ventilation by reducing CO2 retention.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thomas L Miller
- Nemours Research Lung Center, Nemours Children's Clinic-Wilmington, Nemours Foundation, Alfred I duPont Children's Hospital, Delaware 19803, USA.
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Zhu G, Shaffer TH, Wolfson MR. Continuous tracheal gas insufflation during partial liquid ventilation in juvenile rabbits with acute lung injury. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2004; 96:1415-24. [PMID: 14688036 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01121.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
To examine the hypothesis that combined treatment with tracheal gas insufflation (TGI) and partial liquid ventilation (PLV) may improve pulmonary outcome relative to either treatment alone in acute lung injury (ALI), saline lavage lung injury was induced in 24 anesthetized, ventilated juvenile rabbits that were then randomly assigned to receive ( n = 6/group) 1) conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) alone, 2) continuous TGI at 0.5 l/min, 3) PLV with perfluorochemical liquid, and 4) combined TGI and PLV (TGI + PLV), and subsequently ventilated with minimized pressures and tidal volume (Vt) to keep arterial Po2 (PaO2) >100 Torr and arterial Pco2 (PaCO2) at 45-60 Torr for 4 h. Gas exchange, lung mechanics, myeloperoxidase, IL-8, and histomorphometry [including expansion index (EI)] were assessed. The CMV group showed no improvement in lung mechanics and gas exchange; all treated groups had significant increases in compliance, PaO2, ventilation efficacy index (VEI), and EI, and decreases in PaCO2, oxygenation index, physiological dead space-to-Vt ratio (Vd/Vt), myeloperoxidase, and IL-8, relative to the CMV group. TGI resulted in lower peak inspiratory pressure, Vt, Vd/Vt, and greater VEI vs. PLV group; PLV resulted in greater compliance, PaO2, and EI vs. TGI. TGI + PLV resulted in decreased peak inspiratory pressure, Vt, Vd/Vt, and increased VEI compared with TGI, improved compliance and EI compared with PLV, and a further increase in PaO2 and oxygenation index and a decrease in PaCO2 vs. either treatment alone. These results indicate that combined treatment of TGI and PLV results in improved pulmonary outcome than either treatment alone in this animal model of ALI.
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- Guangfa Zhu
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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